What was peculiar about Gayle's knock that his opening partner Kieran Powell was yet to get off the mark having faced 25 deliveries.
Gayle hit 7 fours in his knock before being caught by Virat Kohli at square leg off Kumar.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin hit superb centuries while Shane Shillingford took six wickets as the West Indies bowled out India for 453 runs in their first innings at the stroke of lunch.
India have a healthy lead of 219 runs and the Eden pitch already up to its tricks, the Indian spinners can come in to play very soon.
Veerasammy Permaul and Shane Shillingford dismissed Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin respectively in quick succession.
Ashwin scored 124 runs before moving across his stumps and trying to sweep a Shillingford delivery but was beaten in the flight and the ball went on to hit middle stump.
Veerasammy Permaul broke the 280-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin by trapping the debutant centurion plumb in front of the wicket.
Sharma shouldered arms to a delivery that pitched around off and turned slightly away from him, that might have missed off stump because the impact on the pad seemed to be outside off, but umpire Richard Kettleborough didn't think so and obviously Sharma looked very disappointed.
Sharma hit a six and 23 fours in his superb innings that marked his arrival in the Test arena.
Sharma became the second Indian to reach 150 on debut soon after Ashwin reached his second century.
The first Indian batsman to cross 150 on Test debut was Shikhar Dhawan achieving the feat against Australia in March 2013.
The day's play started with debutant centurion Rohit Sharma and Ashwin resuming the Indian first innings at 354/6.
With a healthy lead of 120 runs, India hold a firm advantage over the West Indies, keeping in mind the pattern of pitch-behaviour which could hamper batting anytime soon.
On Day 2, Sharma buried his inconsistent past in limited-overs cricket with a classical century while Ashwin again showed his worth with the bat.
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