Here are the five highest T20I totals (full-member sides)
Mark Chapman's 83, Michael Bracewell's unbeaten 61 and cameos from other batters helped New Zealand post 254/5
Rohit Sharma's 118 and KL Rahul's 89-run knock helped India dominate Sri Lankan bowling lineup and post 260/5 in 2017.
In the inaugural T20 World Cup 2007, Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya's 44-ball 88 and Jehan Mubarak's 13-ball 46 helped them post 260/6 against Kenya.
Glenn Maxwell opened the innings and scored record 145 runs to help Australia post 263/3 against Sri Lanka in 2016.
Afghan opener Hazratullah Zazai's record 162 from just 62 deliveries including 16 sixes helped Afghanistan create the T20I record against Ireland in 2019.
New Zealand broke their previous record of 243/5 which they achieved against West Indies in 2018.
This was also the highest T20I total against Scotland. The previous best belongs to New Zealand as well. In the previous T20I, New Zealand posted 225/5 on the board against the Scottish.
New Zealand hit 18 sixes in the innings which is their joint-highest in the format. Also, it is the most Scotland have conceded in T20Is.
Scotland lost the game by a huge margin of 102 runs. This is New Zealand's second-largest win in T20Is.